Lyrical Research Submissions
Written documentation from The Narrator's observations and contributions to Project: Chronicle in release order.
The Prologue
Shaking off the cobwebs
Listen closely ‘cus I'm about to
Drop it all on you
Here's the mission, there's your quarry
Don't get too attached
Sentiment is an Achilles heel
And I'm no specialist
But suck it up, squash down your feels
And then you'll never wish
To daydream of another reality
Where hope lifts and dreams don't go to die
Imagine a shift in mentality
Where we all have a grip on our sanity
Ooh
We're all losing out on a fairy tale
Ooh
Too focused on making a living hell
Ooh
Could somebody contradict me
Or better yet
Take me to
A conclusion shaped like you
Shaking off the cobwebs
Had you believing in the first half
That we're gonna hold your hand and draw your path
Every day is a choice, so rejoice because that's the way
That we were born, not made
So we're gonna turn a page on the mindset (on what?)
Create a stage for the Reject
And eject the weight of the uniform
We conform
No, we'll reform
To the new narrators
To the world creators
To the dreamers, the schemers
The “Can't stop”, believe us
So we'll act loud, we'll stand proud
Till they start to see us
Shaking off the cobwebs
Sentiment is a golden fleece
But we're no specialists
So don your cloak, find your release
Carry out your wish
To daydream of another reality
Where hope lifts and dreams don't go to die
Imagine a shift of mentality
Where we all have a grip on our sanity
Ooh
We're all losing out on a fairy tale
Ooh
Too focused on making a living hell
Ooh
Could somebody contradict me
Or better yet
Take me to
A conclusion shaped like you
Yeah, I'll crack my knuckles, yeah, we all crack on
Does no one else sense that something's wrong
Could somebody come and contradict me
Or better yet
Take me to
A conclusion shaped like you
Shaking off the cobwebs, scribe down the log
Fill up the inkwell, call this the Prologue
The Prologue
The Change
Nah nah nah nah
Nah nah nah nah
Regrets, regrets, regrets
I can't keep them out my
Hair, my hair, my hair
And I'm changing the colour, the tone, don’t care
Cus I'm dyeing inside, outside
The change, the change, the change
It keeps pulling me forward
I can't stop falling, but they're drawing up borders and
I can’t help feeling like I’m dying inside outside
Won't look back over my shoulder and
Turn to salt
Won't look back over my shoulder and
Blame my faults
Yeah
Hum that tune, that song, that melody
Like nah nah nah nah, sing my remedy
I crave some progression
Cus I’m still dying inside, outside
The Change, the Change, the Change
It keeps pulling me
Forward, I thirst for first, some attention
But the world; it's spinning slower
And we’re dying inside out
Won't look back over my shoulder and
Turn to salt
Won't look back over my shoulder and
Blame my faults
See, it's one step forward and I gotta pull myself out the grave
Two steps further and we're gonna break free of our cage
Pull the focus from
Pull it all back
Pull the focus from, go
Won’t keep track of the failures that came before
Don’t keep track of the progress of those we adore
See, it's one step forward and I gotta pull myself out of the grave
See, it's two steps further and we’ve gotta keep our heads above the waves
Ephesians
I don’t see the value in being an afterthought
These trials and tribulations, the battles that we’ve fought
Are all losing wars
In our heads,
In our lives
In our souls
(Still fighting wars)
In our heads,
In our lives
Inner souls
I don’t see the value of playing make-believe
The only faith in success boils down to squashing those beneath
And they’re fighting wars
In our heads,
In our lives
In our souls
In our heads,
In our lives
Inner souls
Lord, forgive me, I
Lord, forgive me, I’ll
Pray for redemption,
We’re all Chronic Deceivers
Wishing someone could save us
And I’ll pray for your mercy
We’re all chronic deceivers
Wishing someone could save us
Woah
I don’t see the value in damning those above
Wanting to be more than doesn’t make us any less
Than those losing wars
In our heads,
In our lives
In our souls
In our heads,
In our lives
Inner souls
Lord forgive me, I
Lord forgive me, I’ll
Lord forgive me, I
Lord forgive me, I’ll
Pray for redemption,
We’re all Chronic Deceivers
Wishing someone could save us
And I’ll pray for your mercy
We’re all chronic deceivers
Wishing someone could save us
Give me the armour of words
And I’ll cut down the hurt
Cus we’re all
Chronic Deceivers
Chronic Deceivers
Wishing someone could save us
Can't help but think that you deceived me,
Playing god, acting like you'd always need me,
Promised the world, swore that you'd never leave me
Now, I'm the fool cus I believed you, chronic deceiver
Can't help but think that you deceived me,
Playing god, acting like you'd always need me,
Promised the world, swore that you'd never leave me
Now, I'm the fool cus I believed you, chronic deceiver
Can't help but shrink
(Can’t help but think) it’s in my head
(Can’t help but sink) In my life
(Can’t help but shrink, can't help but sink) in my soul
In our souls
(Can’t help but think) it’s in my head
(Can’t help but sink) In my life
(Can’t help but shrink, can't but sink)
Can't help but shrink
Can't help but shrink
Pray for redemption,
We’re all Chronic Deceivers
Wishing someone could save us
Give me the armour of words
And I’ll cut down the hurt
Cus we’re all
Chronic Deceivers
We're all Chronic Deceivers
Wishing someone could save us
Out of Fashion
Why do good things have to go out of fashion?
Wrap me up in a cloak of passion
And keep me safe
Safe from myself
Oh look I've gone numb again,
2am and I'm feeling nothing,
I got me questioning love like I'm
missing something out of my life and I’m
Wishing that I’ll be worth much more
Oh hark it's that voice again,
1pm and I'm drifting away,
I gotta keep pulling on the tug rope
Fight myself like I'm fighting a war
Kid myself like I’ll never stop learning, I’ll get schooled
Is it infatuation of the chase?
Or a hunger to fill the void?
Is it giving too much of me?
Or am I taking too much for granted
Why do good things have to go out of fashion?
Wrap me up in a cloak of passion
And keep me safe
Safe from myself
Oh look there's that spark again,
Xpm but you're not focusing
Got you distracted from the moment like I
Planned out was I gonna say like I,
Ran out reasoning
Is it infatuation of the chase?
Or a hunger to fill the void?
Is it giving too much of me?
Or am I taking too much for granted
Why do good things have to go out of fashion?
Wrap me up in a cloak of passion
And keep me safe
Safe from myself
Why do the little things seem so obvious?
Suit me up, put me into action
But keep me safe
Safe from myself
These thoughts, they do their damage
I can barely manage
To keep it together
To keep it together
These thoughts, they do their damage
I can barely manage
To keep it together
We got to do better
We've got to let our past selves go
Let our past selves grow
Why do good things have to go out of fashion?
Wrap me up in a cloak of passion
And keep me safe
Safe from myself
Why do the little things seem so obvious?
Suit me up, put me into action
But keep me safe
Safe from myself
Kintsugi
I can’t help myself from
Getting stuck in
Seeking problems out when
The solution
Is resting in my hands
Or so I’m told
I’ll figure it out,
When I’m older
You bore a key
To a locked sin
Keeping problems out
So you should let me in
You’ve got the glue to bind me together
I need the break, to come back better
Kintsugi
come back better, come back home
come back better, come back stronger
come back better, come back home
Kinstugi, oh!
Take a step back
See the bigger picture
Reset your eyes, reset your eyes
Piece by piece,
We pick up piece by piece
Give it a rest, reset your mind
And see it all anew
I can’t help myself from
Watching the cracks
Form in the mirror breaking
Or am I just mistaking
One man’s treasure melt into
Another’s fallacy
I need a break
Escape reality
Kintsugi
(come back better, come back home
come back better, come back stronger
come back better, come back home)
Kinstugi, oh!
Take a step back
See the bigger picture
Reset your eyes, reset your eyes
Piece by piece,
We pick up piece by piece
Give it a rest, reset your mind
And see it all anew
Piece by piece,
We pick up piece by piece
We pick up piece by piece
We pick up piece by piece
We pick up-
Take a step back
See the bigger picture
Reset your eyes, reset your eyes
Piece by piece,
We pick up piece by piece
Give it a rest, reset your mind
And see it all anew
October
Pathetic fallacy always seems to fit the mood
You’re happy staying in this grey
(Just pine away)
And I don’t mean to seem rude but
I don’t like being stuck in the way
The way
That we seem trapped in phantasma
We deserve a little more than this
Autumn leaves were falling in colour
But I missed it all when you blew your kiss
So won’t you stay
Alright with the same routine
But I’m making moves, I’ve gotta lose the pessimist in me
So won’t you change
Grow with me
Acts of hypocrisy always feel so hard to chew,
Can’t you swallow some of your pride?
Yeah, I don’t mean to be crude,
but I don’t think I like seeing the way
You hurt
It seems we’re trapped in phantasma
We deserve a little more than this
Autumn leaves were falling in colour
But I missed it all when you cast your spell
So won’t you stay
Alright with the same routine
But I’m making moves, I’ve gotta lose the pessimist in me
So won’t you change
Grow with me
Grow with me
So won’t you stay
Alright with the same routine
But I’m making moves, I’ve gotta lose the pessimist in me
So won’t you change
Grow with me